Govt asked COAS to play role of facilitator, says ISPR

RAWALPINDI: According to a tweet posted at the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) website, its Director General Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa Friday said “the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif was asked by the government to play facilitative role for resolution of the current (political) impasse.” General Bajwa tweeted on Friday evening that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif was asked by the government to play facilitative role for the resolution of current impasse. Bajwa said the decision was taken during the meeting held at the PM House on Thursday. The tweet of the DG ISPR flashed on the social media says “#COAS was asked by the Govt to play facilitative role for resolution of current impasse, in yesterday’s meeting, at #PM House”. Earlier in the day a heated debate was witnessed in the National Assembly over the issue of the army intervention in the political deadlock. PM Nawaz refused seeking army assistance for solution of the stalemate.